Method of extracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product

ABSTRACT

A method of extracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product includes mixing at least a first phytochemical-bearing part of a phytochemical plant product with an oil-bearing plant product, producing an oil mixture from the first phytochemical-bearing part and the oil-bearing plant product using a press device, and extracting at least a chemical extract from the oil mixture.

CROSS REFERENCE TO OTHER APPLICATIONS

The present application is a continuation of U.S. Nonprovisionalapplication Ser. No. 16/675,489, filed on Nov. 6, 2019 and entitled“METHOD OF EXTRACTING ONE OR MORE CHEMICAL EXTRACTS FROM A PLANTPRODUCT,” which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-provisional patentapplication Ser. No. 16/246,256, filed on Nov. 1, 2019 and entitled“METHOD OF EXTRACTING ONE OR MORE CHEMICAL EXTRACTS FROM A PLANTPRODUCT.” Each of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No. 16/675,489and U.S. Non-provisional patent application Ser. No. 16/246,256 isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to the field of plant chemistryand extraction. In particular, the present invention is directed to amethod of extracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product.

BACKGROUND

Chemical extracts derived from plants have beneficial effects on bothhumans and animals. For example, digoxin which comes from the foxgloveplant has beneficial effects to strengthen heart muscle for thosesuffering from heart failure. Furthermore, paclitaxel which comes fromthe Pacific yew has been used for many years to treat many differenttypes of cancers. In addition, terpenes extracted from plants have manydifferent uses in fragrances, foods, and drugs. It can be difficult andexpensive to extract useful chemicals, resulting in costly andinefficient practices for extraction of chemical extracts. This hashampered use of chemical extracts, as they are too time-consuming andrequire overly expensive equipment to extract.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

In an aspect, a method of extracting one or more chemical extracts froma plant product includes mixing at least a first phytochemical-bearingpart of a phytochemical plant product with an oil-bearing plant product,producing an oil mixture from the first phytochemical-bearing part andthe oil-bearing plant product using a press device, and extracting atleast a chemical extract from the oil mixture.

These and other aspects and features of non-limiting embodiments of thepresent invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art uponreview of the following description of specific non-limiting embodimentsof the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, the drawings show aspectsof one or more embodiments of the invention. However, it should beunderstood that the present invention is not limited to the precisearrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a system forextracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product;

FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing of an exemplary embodiment of an oil pressdevice;

FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing of an exemplary embodiment of a side viewof an oil press device;

FIG. 4 is a schematic drawing of an exemplary embodiment of a rosinpress device;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a method ofextracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product;

FIG. 6 is a table illustrating diagrams of chemical extracts; and

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of amethod of extracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product.

The drawings are not necessarily to scale and may be illustrated byphantom lines, diagrammatic representations and fragmentary views. Incertain instances, details that are not necessary for an understandingof the embodiments or that render other details difficult to perceivemay have been omitted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

At a high level, aspects of the present disclosure are directed tomethods and systems for extracting one or more chemical extracts from aplant product. In an embodiment, a method of extracting one or morechemical extracts may apply constant heat to at least a plant product toextract one more chemical extracts; this may permit extraction withoutthe use of chemical solvents. Heat may be applied to at least a plantproduct externally for example by a heating such as an electric ovenand/or hot plate. Heat may also be applied by a press device, therebysaving the number of steps involved and reducing the amount of equipmentnecessary to perform the extraction. A press device may include forexample a press such as an oil press, rosin press, and/or auger stylepress. In addition, mixing of at least a plant product and a carrier oilsuch as olive, palm, medium chain triglyceride, sunflower, coco butter,and/or Vitamin E oil may be done externally using mixing equipmentand/or performed by a press device to further speed up the extractionand reduce the number of steps and equipment necessary. The method asdescribed in more detail below can be used to produce a variety ofchemical extracts including for example a cannabinoid such ascannabidiol (CBD), cannabidiol acid (CBDA), cannabigerol (CBG),tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), an essential oil such as without limitationCalendula oil, mint, basil, turmeric, ginger, Ashwagandha, Echinaceaand/or terpenes.

Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary system100 for extracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product.System 100 includes screening device 104. A screening device 104 mayinclude a device used to separate at least a part of a plant productfrom at least one or more other portions of the plant product. Plantproduct may include multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotes of thekingdom Plantae, as described in more detail below. As a non-limitingexample, a screening device 104 may separate at least a phytochemicalbearing part of a plant product from at least one or more other portionsof the plant product. At least a phytochemical bearing part of a plantproduct may include portion of plant product from which a chemicalextract may be extracted, including without limitation a portion fromwhich the chemical extract is typically extracted. As used herein, atleast a phytochemical bearing part may include leaves, flowers,rhizomes, roots, and/or stems of a plant. For example, a chemicalextract containing mint may be extracted from phytochemical bearing partof a plant such as the leaves. In yet another example, a chemicalextract containing turmeric may be extracted from phytochemical bearingpart of a plant such as the rhizomes. In another embodiment, a chemicalextract containing a cannabinoid may be extracted from phytochemicalbearing part of a plant such as the flowers. Flowers as used herein areone or more reproductive parts of a plant product, such as for examplethe stamen, and/or the pistil as described below in more detail; as usedherein, “flowers” may include any gametophyte-producing and/orspore-producing part of a plant, as well as the reproductive parts ofangiosperms commonly referred to as “flowers.” In yet anothernon-limiting example, a chemical extract containing Echinacea may beextracted from phytochemical bearing part of a plant such as the roots.

Still referring to FIG. 1, a screening device 104 may include forexample, a mesh sieve and/or a screening machine. A mesh sieve maycontain specific sized openings so that that when the mesh and/or plantproduct are shaken or otherwise agitated, the mesh may allow pieces ofthe plant product that fit through the opening to pass through the meshwhile larger particles of the plant product that do not fit through maybe retained on the mesh. For example, plant product may be placed atopthe mesh sieve and when shaken, at least a phytochemical bearing part ofthe plant product may pass through the mesh sieve while stem, seeds,and/or roots of the plant product may be retained on the mesh sieve. Thesize of the plant product that is allowed through the mesh sieve may bebased on the openings of the mesh sieve. A mesh sieve may be categorizedbased on the size of the mesh sieve. For example, a size 16 sieve mayhave 16 openings per linear inch. In an embodiment, mesh sieve size maybe selected based upon at least a phytochemical bearing part to beseparated from a plant product. In such an instance, mesh sieve size maybe selected based upon size of at least a phytochemical bearing part andother plant product parts will need to be selected and separated andneed to fit through openings of mesh sieve and/or be held back and notfit through openings of mesh sieve. For example, when at least achemical extract contains turmeric, a mesh sieve may be selected andutilized that will allow certain size material to fit through, but notallow larger material to pass through; rhizomes which may be larger thanother parts of a plant product may not fit through a mesh sieve, but allother parts of a plant product may pass through. Continuing the aboveexample, rhizomes containing phytochemical bearing part of turmeric maythen be collected from atop the mesh sieve and used to extract at leasta chemical extract containing turmeric. In yet another example, a meshsieve may be selected that may only allow small phytochemical bearingparts of a plant product to pass through. For example, when at least achemical extract contains cannabinoids, mesh sieve may contain openingsthat allow at least a flower part of a plant product to pass through,but other parts such as rhizomes, leaves, and/or stems may not passthrough. At least a flower part of a plant product containingphytochemical bearing part of cannabinoids may then be collected andused to extract a cannabinoid for example.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 1, screening device 104 may also include ascreening machine, which may take one material and separate it intomultiple grades by particle size. For example, a plant product may beseparated into multiple grades by particle size which may include agrade of the at least a phytochemical bearing part, a seed grade, and/ora root grade. A screening machine may include a drive that induces avibration to physically separate material, a screen media that causesphysical separation of the material, and a deck that holds the screenmedia and the drive and may be the mode of transport for the vibration.A screening machine may include circle-throw vibrating equipment whichincludes an eccentric shaft that causes a frame of a shaker to lurch ata given angle; the lurching action may propel material forward and up,and as the machine returns to its base state the material may fall bygravity to a physically lower level. A circle-throw vibrating machinemay be composed of a shaker or series of shakers where drive causes awhole structure of the vibrating machine to move. The structure mayextend to a maximum throw or length and then contract to a base state. Apattern of springs may be situated below the structure to performvibration and shock absorption as the structure returns to a base state.A screening machine may include a screen cloth, which may be made of amaterial with specific size openings that allow specific size materialto pass through the material whereas other material that cannot fitthrough the openings may be caught on the screen cloth. A screeningmachine may also include high frequency vibrating equipment, whereby ascreen cloth vibrates and throws material on and off the screen cloth toallow particles of a certain size to cascade down the screen cloth. Ascreening machine may also include gyratory equipment whereby themachine may gyrate in a circular motion at a near level plane at lowangles. A drive on gyratory equipment may include an eccentric gear boxand/or eccentric weight. Material may roll over the screen and fall withinduction of gravity and directional shifts. Rubber balls and trays mayprovide an additional mechanical means to cause material to fallthrough; the balls may provide a throwing action for the material tofind an open slot to fall through. A screening machine may also includetrommel screens where material may be fed into a horizontal rotatingdrum with screen panels around the diameter of the drum; the trommelscreen may include a rotating drum on a shallow angle with screen panelsaround the diameter of the drum. Feed material may sit at the bottom ofthe drum and as the drum rotates, it may come into contact with a cleanscreen. A clean screen may include a screen cloth that does not havematerial currently resting on it. Larger material may travel to the endof the drum as it may not pass through the screen while smaller materialmay pass through the screen into a compartment below.

With continued reference to FIG. 1, system 100 includes an ablativedevice 108. Ablative device 108 may include any device that physicallydivide at least a plant product into smaller pieces, either before orafter screening as described above. Such processing may includechopping, grinding, crushing, and/or cutting at least a plant product toreduce the size of the at least a plant product. This may include forexample, chopping the at least a phytochemical bearing part to reducethe size of the at least a phytochemical bearing part. Ablative device108 may include a cutting tool such as a blade that may contain a flatcutting edge that may chop, crush, and/or grind at least a plant productinto smaller pieces. A blade may include a flat cutting edge of a tool.In an embodiment, a blade may include a hand-held blade that iscontrolled by a user, and/or an electric blade that may contain or bedriven by a motor. Ablative device 108 may alternatively or additionallyinclude other elements such as grinding elements, burrs, or any otherdevice suitable for grinding at least a plant product into smallerpieces. As a non-limiting example, ablative device 108 may reduce atleast a plant product into a coarse consistency. A coarse consistencymay include rough and/or thick particles of at least a phytochemicalbearing part of a plant product that may be produced by grinding,crushing, and/or chopping the at least a phytochemical bearing part of aplant product. A coarse consistency may resemble the size and/or shapeof tea leaves. Tea leaves may include Western Style fermented black leaftea, that may have medium sized leaves approximately 0.7-1.2 millimeterslong. Ablative device 108 may alternatively or additionally reduce atleast a plant product into a fine powder. A fine powder may include fineparticles of at least a phytochemical bearing part of a plant productthat may be produced by grinding, crushing, and/or chopping the at leasta phytochemical bearing part of a plant product. A fine powder mayinclude very fine particles that my flow freely when shaken or tilted.Ablative device 108 may include handheld, electric power tools, and/ormachine tools that may further process at least a plant product. As anon-limiting example presented for purposes of illustration, ablativedevice 108 may include a food processor. A food processor may include anelectric motor driven appliance that may contain blades and/or disks tofacilitate in reducing the size of a material. A disk may include diskswith blades designed to shred and/or slice material. A food processormay include blades and/or disks that can be removed and switched betweeneither a blade or a disk. Blades and/or disks may be used to blend,chop, dice, and slice a material. A food processor may contain a basewhich contains a motor; the motor may turn a vertical shaft. A containersuch as a bowl may sit around vertical shaft. Blades and/or disks may beattached to shaft. A lid with a feed tube may be fitted onto the top ofa bowl or pitcher incorporated in food processor; the feed tube mayallow for material to be added to the food processor while it ischopping, grinding, and/or pureeing with the use of the blade and/ordiscs. Feed tube may also a plunger that may slide through the feed tubeto allow material to be pushed down the feed tube; a hopper mayalternatively or additionally be included in feed tube and/or foodprocessor. As a further non-limiting example, ablative device 108 mayinclude a mechanical grinding device such as a coffee or spice grinder;a coffee grinder, for instance, may include a motor attached to a bladethat may rotate around a circular container. Circular container mayinclude space where a material may be added. Circular container mayinclude a top. When material is loaded into container blade may sliceand/or tear the material to produce a fine powder. As an additionalnon-limiting example, ablative device 108 may include a blender. Ablender may include a container with a rotating blade at the bottom,which may be powered by an electric motor located at the base of theblender; the container may have a lid to prevent material located in thecontainer from spilling. Blade may include any of the blades asdescribed above, and the blade may function to chop, grind, slice,and/or puree material located in the container. In an embodiment, ablender may include different speed settings that may control the speedof the blade as it rotates to chop, grind, slice, and/or puree materialinto different sizes. A blender may contain different controls and/orsettings to control the speed of its blade.

With continued reference to FIG. 1, system 100 includes heating element112. Heating element 112 may be any heating element that generates heat.Heating element 112 may include heating elements such as gas, oil, wood,coal, electric, solar, and/or geothermal sources of heat. Heatingelement 112 may include a resistive heating element. Resistive heatingmay include interactions between charge carriers such as electrons andthe body of a conductor such as atomic ions, generating heat viaelectrical resistance when an electric current is applied. A voltagedifference between two points of a conductor may create an electricfield that may accelerate charge carriers in the direction of theelectric field, giving them kinetic energy; when the charged particlescollide with ions in the conductor, the particles may be scattered, andtheir direction of motion may become random rather than aligned with theelectric field, which may constitute thermal motion. Energy from theelectric field may be converted into thermal energy. Thermal energy mayinclude energy that is transferred spontaneously from a hotter system orbody to a colder system or body. Heat may include energy in transfer.Thermal energy may include internal energy which may include theinternal energy of a system. An electric heating element may convertenergy into heat through the process of resistive or Joule heating.Electric current passing through a heating element may encounterresistance resulting in heating of the heat element 112. Heating element112 that includes electric sources of heat may include for example anelectric stove. An electric stove may include an integrated electricalheating device that may contain at least a burner. Electric stoveburners may be controlled by a rotary switch which may engage indifferent combinations of resistance and which may have a differentheating power. An electric stove may include a thermostat. Heatingelement 112 may include a hot plate. A hot plate may contain a flatheated surface that may be portable. The heated surface may contain anysuitable heating element as described above, including withoutlimitation an electric heating element and/or a gas heating element suchas a gas burner. Heating element 112 may include a gas stove which mayuse gas as a fuel source to generate heat. A gas stove may use gas fuelsources such as for example syngas, natural gas, propane, butane,liquefied petroleum gas and/or other flammable gas. Heating element 112may include a microwave oven or similar device. A microwave oven mayinclude an electric oven that generates heat by exposing it toelectromagnetic radiation that may be within a certain frequency range.A microwave oven may generate non-ionizing electromagnetic radiationwith a frequency that is higher than radio waves but lower than infraredlight. In an embodiment, a microwave oven may utilize 2.5-1000-megahertzfrequency. A microwave oven may include a high voltage power source suchas a transformer which may pass energy to a magnetron. A magnetron whichmay convert high-voltage electric energy to microwave radiation. Amagnetron may be connected to the high-voltage power source by a highvoltage capacitor that may be connected to the magnetron. A microwavemay include a magnetron control circuit, a metal cooking chamber, aturntable or metal wave guide stirring fan, and/or a control panel.Heating element 112 may include a vacuum oven. A vacuum oven may includean oven whereby moisture that may be present in a material such as a wetsolid is removed by means of creating a vacuum. In an embodiment, avacuum oven may include a vacuum dryer which may be composed of materialsuch as cast iron, and/or stainless steel. A vacuum dryer may be dividedinto trays which may increase the surface area of the material for heatconduction. A vacuum oven door may be locked and connected to a vacuumpump to reduce the pressure inside the oven. Materials to be dried maybe kept on trays inside the vacuum oven and pressure may be reduced bymeans of a vacuum pump. A vacuum oven door may be tightly shut, andsteam may be passed through the space between trays so that heat maytransfer by conduction. Heating element 112 may include an ultrasonicbath. Ultrasonic bath may utilize ultrasound waves to heat a fluid suchas water. In an embodiment, a container may be filled with water. Anultrasound generating transducer may be built into the container orlowered into the fluid which may produce ultrasonic waves in the fluidsuch as water corresponding to an electrical signal oscillating atultrasonic frequency. In an embodiment, ultrasonic waves may begenerated between 20-400 kilohertz. A second container containingmaterial to be heated may then be placed into the container containingthe heated fluid, and heat may be transferred to the second container,thereby heating material contained within the second container. Heatingelement may include any other suitable bath, including withoutlimitation hot water or fluid baths.

With continued reference to FIG. 1, system 100 includes a press device116. Press device 116 may include a machine used to extract one or morechemical extracts from one or more materials using pressure; pressuremay be greater than atmospheric pressure. A press device 116 may includefor example, an oil press device, a rosin press device, and/or an augertype expeller extractor press device. A press device 116 may includeheating element 112. In an embodiment, heating element 112 may becontained within, combined with, and/or attached to press device 116.Heating element 112 may include any of the heating elements as describedabove.

Press device 116 may include, without limitation, an oil press device.Referring now to FIG. 2, a schematic drawing of an oil press device 200is illustrated. An oil press device 200 may include an opening 204through which a material may be added to the oil press device 200. In anembodiment, opening 204 may allow for material to be supplied in acontinuous feed. The oil press device 200 may include a barrel 208through which material may be passed and heated as part of the pressdevice 116 process after being added to opening 204. The oil pressdevice 200 may use friction and continuous pressure to move and compressdevice 116 material through barrel 208. The barrel may be of a certainsize and shape and may include a heating element 112. In an embodiment,a barrel may be long and cylindrical in shape, through which a materialcan be laid out, dispersed, and heated evenly and continuously. In anembodiment, the barrel may be evenly heated and/or maintained at atarget temperature, as determined by a user. Barrel 208 may includescrew drives which may aid in moving and compressing material throughbarrel 208. A screw drive may include a rotating helical screw bladewithin barrel 208 that may move material through barrel 208. A screwdrive may include of a trough or tube containing a spiral blade coiledaround a shaft, that may be driven at one end and held at the other. Therate of volume transfer may be proportional to the rotation rate of theshaft. In an embodiment, a screw drive may be operated with the flow ofmaterial inclined upward. An oil press device 200 may contain anelectric heating element 112 and may contain a user control panel 212which may control the temperature of the heating element 112, barrel 208and/or the time that the heat may be maintained for in heating element112 and/or barrel 208. An oil press device 200 may contain an outputcollection container 216 whereby material that has passed through theoil press device 200 may be collected.

Referring now to FIG. 3, a schematic drawing of a side view of an oilpress device 300 is illustrated. Oil press device 300 may contain barrel208. Barrel 208 may be long and cylindrical in shape, through which amaterial can be laid out, dispersed, and heated evenly and continuously.In an embodiment, the barrel 208 may be evenly heated and maintained ata target temperature, as determined by a user. Barrel 208 may be heatedand maintained at a target temperature by heating element 112. Heatingelement 112 may be contained within barrel 208. Heating element 112 maybe controlled by a user control panel 212 which may control thetemperature of the heating element 112, barrel 208 and/or the time thatthe heat may be maintained for in heating element 112 and/or barrel 208.

Press device 116 may include, without limitation, a rosin press device.Referring now to FIG. 4, a schematic drawing of a rosin press device 400is illustrated. A rosin press device 400 may include a heating element112 located within dual plates 404 that may allow for even heatdistribution of material that may be added to rosin press device 400. Inan embodiment, plates 404 may be made of aluminum material that conductthermal heat to heat material that may be added on top of a plate, whichmay be a bottom plate, of plates 404. In an embodiment, material may beadded to both plates or material may be added to one plate. Plates 404may allow for even heat distribution as a material is laid down andspread out on a plate. Rosin press device 400 may include a controlpanel 408 which may include electric switches and programming that mayallow the rosin press device 400 to be programmed to temperaturesranging from 0° to 415° Fahrenheit (−17.8° to 212.8° Celsius). Controlpanel 408 includes a timer that allows for pre-programmed heating of therosin press device 400 and/or heating for a set period of time. In anembodiment, control panel 408 may include software control of heat beingapplied by each individual plate. In an embodiment, temperature may beadjusted to the top and/or bottom plate by taking into account readingsfrom both plates and outside physical changes that may alter platetemperatures. Rosin press device 400 may include power switch 412 whichmay allow for rosin press device 400 to be turned on and off. Commonexamples of a rosin press device 400 that may be utilized include forexample, ROSIN TECH TWIST as produced by Rosin Tech Products of LosAngeles, Calif., ROSIN TECH GO as produced by Rosin Tech Products of LosAngeles, Calif., ROSIN TECH SMASH as produced by Rosin Tech Products ofLos Angeles, Calif., ROSIN TECH BIG SMASH as produced by Rosin TechProducts of Los Angeles, Calif., ROSIN TECH SQUASH as produced by RosinTech Products of Los Angeles, Calif., ROSIN TECH ALL-IN-ONE as producedby Rosin Tech Products of Los Angeles, Calif., ROSIN TECH PRO asproduced by Rosin Tech Products of Los Angeles, Calif., ROSIN TECH PROTOUCH as produced by Rosin Tech Products of Los Angeles, Calif., ROSINTECH PRECISION ROSIN PRESS DEVICE as produced by Rosin Tech Products ofLos Angeles, Calif., and/or ROSIN TECH ROLLER as produced by Rosin TechProducts of Los Angeles, Calif.

Referring back now to FIG. 1, a press device 116 may include an augertype expeller extractor press. An auger type expeller extractor mayinclude a dewatering screw press that may separate liquids from solids.An auger type expeller extractor may include a screw press device 120which may include a slow-moving device that dewaters by continuousgravitational drainage. A screw press device 120 may squeeze a materialagainst a screen or filter and the liquid may be collected through thescreen for collection and use. A screw press device 120 may include ashaft surrounded by a spiral steel plate, similar in design andappearance to a corkscrew. In an embodiment, a screw press device 120may have dilute materials pumped directly into the screw press device120. A screw press device 120 may be controlled by an electric motor.Compression may be created within the screw press device 120 byincreasing the inner shaft diameter of the screw. A screw press device120 may include an expeller which may remove water from fibrousmaterial. A screw press device 120 may work by exerting extremely highpressure to for example convert fat in seeds into a liquid oil; byapplying pressure and heat the oil may be liquefied and the flow throughthe screen may be collected. An example of a screw press device 120 mayinclude a wine press device. In an embodiment, a screw press device 120may include an electric control panel to control pressure and/or heatapplied by the screw press device 120. Screw press device 120 mayinclude a hopper or initial basket that the carrier oil may be placedinto to be heated up by the screw press device 120. A user may thenprogram screw press device 120 to be heated to the target temperature,for example. In an embodiment, the hopper may be of a specific size andlength whereby the carrier oil can be spread out over a greater surfacearea to allow for continuous and even heating of the carrier oil. Thismay allow for heat to be applied more evenly to carrier oil as opposedto heating the carrier oil in a circular container such as a circularglass beaker, whereby more heat is applied at the bottom of the glassbeaker that is in contact with the heating element. In an embodiment,heating element 112 may be contained within the entire length of screwpress device 120. This may allow for heat to be more preciselycontrolled throughout the entire time that material is passed throughscrew press device 120. Any embodiment of system may alternatively oradditionally include a hopper.

With continued reference to FIG. 1, system 100 may include a centrifuge124. A centrifuge 124 may include machinery and/or equipment that mayput a material in rotation around a fixed axis causing it to spin in acircle while applying a force perpendicular to the axis of spin. Acentrifuge 124 may work using sedimentation principles whereby thecircular outward rotation of the centrifuge causes denser substances andparticles to move outward in a radial direction. Substances that areless dense may be displaced and move to the center. For example, acentrifuge 124 that uses test tubes to load a substance to be spun, mayhave denser particles settle to the bottom of the test tube whilelow-density substances may rise to the top. A centrifuge 124 may becharacterized based on the speed in which a centrifuge may operate to beable to separate different particles. For example, a centrifuge 124 witha very high acceleration may be able to separate fine particles down tothe nano-scale. Acceleration speed may be measured as revolutions perminute, which reflects how many times a centrifuge rotates in any givenminute. Centrifuge 124 may include a continuous flow centrifuge whichmay allow for large volumes of material to be centrifuged withoutfilling test tubes. Continuous flow centrifuge may contain a bucket-typecontainer within which large volumes of material may be loadedaltogether to be centrifuged. Continuous flow centrifuge may includeSPINZALL CENTRIFUGE as produced by Booker and Dax Lab of New York, N.Y.In an embodiment, continuous flow centrifuge may rotate at a rate of4100 revolutions per minute. Continuous flow centrifuge may include apump that may allow it to be run continuously so that it may process oneliter of material every twenty minutes. Continuous flow centrifuge maycontain a mesh screen to further filter out impurities after materialhas been run through continuous flow centrifuge. For example, continuousflow centrifuge may contain an output pour that material may becollected from after spinning, and which then may be filtered through amesh screen to further clarify and purify material. Mesh screen maycontain a handle that may hang from output pour and allow material toflow through it and into a collection container. In an embodiment, acentrifuge may be utilized for a certain amount of time. A centrifugemay be used to clarify a material that is produced from the press device116 for example. Clarification may include removing wax andfree-floating pieces that may be found in a material. Wax may includefor example material from the plant product that may be bound to theresin of the plant product. Resin may include a solid or highly viscoussubstance of plant. Plant resin may, as a non-limiting example, besecreted by a plant product as a protective measure in response to aninjury. Plant resin may include terpenes, such as for examplealpha-pinene, beta-pinene, delta-3 carene, sabinene, limonene,terpinolene, sesquiterpenes, longifolene, caryophyllene, delta-cadinene,and/or resin acids.

With continued reference to FIG. 1, system 100 may include anevaporation device 128. Evaporation device 128 may include any devicecapable of vaporizing at least a component of oil mixture as it changesinto the gas phase when it reaches its boiling point. Evaporating mayinclude for example boiling off any water remaining in a material toproduce a material that includes substantially no water, or less than aselected threshold proportion of water. Evaporating a material such asan oil mixture may be performed by placing the oil mixture in acontainer, and heating the container containing the oil mixture to itsboiling point. This may be done for example, by placing the container ona heating element 112 such as an electric stove and/or a hot plate asdescribed in more detail above. A thermometer may be used to measure atemperature of a material to ensure that is reaches its boiling pointand begins to vaporize. Temperature may be adjusted by a user asnecessary.

Referring now to FIG. 5, an exemplary embodiment of a method 500 ofextracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product isillustrated. At optional step 505 decarboxylation may be performed. Atstep 505, decarboxylation may occur to one or more plant products beforeat least a phytochemical bearing part of a plant product has beenseparated from one or more other portions of the plant product.Decarboxylation as used herein is a chemical reaction that removes acarboxyl group (COOH) and releases carbon dioxide (CO2). Decarboxylationmay be performed by heating the at least a phytochemical bearing partand/or a plant product to a target temperature for a specific amount oftime. Heating may be performed with the use of a heating element 112.For example, heating the at least a phytochemical bearing part to atarget temperature may be performed by placing the at least aphytochemical bearing part in an oven, and/or on a heating element suchas an electric stove or hot plate, as described in more detail above. Inan embodiment, heating at least a phytochemical bearing part to thetarget temperature may be done in a vacuum oven. A vacuum oven mayinclude a low-pressure oven that minimizes oxidation during drying. Avacuum oven may be programmed to reach target temperature, which may beany target temperature as described in this disclosure, includingwithout limitation a target temperature of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6°to 176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit(65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or the like. Heat may be applied at a certaintemperature and for a certain amount of time. In an embodiment, theplant product may be heated at target temperature, which may be anytarget temperature as described in this disclosure, including withoutlimitation a target temperature of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6°to 104.4° Celsius), or the like 150° to, for 30-45 minutes. In anembodiment, decarboxylation may be optional, such as whendecarboxylation may be performed at a later time, such as at optionalstep 515 and/or at optional step 530. In yet another embodiment,decarboxylation may be optional; for example, and without limitation,synthesis of the at least a chemical extract containing and/orconsisting of cannabidiol acid (CBDA) may not need to be decarboxylated,either at step 505, step 515, and/or step 530. In yet anothernon-limiting example, synthesis of the at least a chemical extractincluding and/or consisting of Calendula officinalis may not requiredecarboxylation, either at step 505, step 515, and/or step 530. In anembodiment, decarboxylation may be optional and/or not required toproduce at least a chemical extract.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, at step 510, at least aphytochemical bearing part of a plant product is separated from one ormore other portions of the plant product. At least a phytochemicalbearing part of a plant product may include one any port part describedabove as at least a phytochemical bearing part in reference to FIG. 1.In an embodiment, at least a phytochemical bearing part of a plantproduct may be separated from one or more other portions of the plantproduct such as for example a stem, seeds, and/or roots. In anembodiment, plant product may include one or more plant products fromCannabaceae family, including without limitation plant productsbelonging to Asphananthe genus, Cannabis genus, Celtis genus, Chaetachmegenus, Gironniera genus, Humulus genus, Lozanella genus, Parasponiagenus, Pteroceltis genus, and/or Trema genus. Plant product may includeone or more plant products from the Asteraceae family, including withoutlimitation Calendula officinalis. Plant product may include plants fromthe Lamiaceae family, Zingiberaceae family, and/or Solanaceae family.Plant product may include plants and/or plant products from Menthagenus, Ocimum genus, Curcuma genus, Zingiber genus, Withania genus,and/or Echinacea genus.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, separation may be performedutilizing a screening device 104. Screening device 104 may include anyscreening device 104 as described above in reference to FIG. 1,including, as a non-limiting example, a mesh sieve and/or a screeningmachine. A mesh sieve may contain specific-sized openings that whenshaken, the mesh may allow pieces that fit through the opening throughthe mesh while larger particles that do not fit through may be retainedon the mesh. For example, plant product may be placed atop the meshsieve and when shaken, at least a phytochemical bearing part of theplant product may pass through the mesh sieve while stem, seeds, and/orroots of the plant product may be retained on the mesh sieve. Separationmay alternatively or additionally include manual separation by a userwho may be overseeing the separation process. For example, a user mayphysically separate by hand the at least a phytochemical bearing part ofthe plant product from the other parts of the plant product. Forexample, when separating portions of a plant product of Cannabis sativa,at least a phytochemical bearing part of Cannabis sativa may be pickedby hand and separated from one or more other portions of Cannabis sativaby a user. Separation may also include the use of a screening machine asdescribed above, which may take one material and separate it intomultiple grades by particle size. For example, a plant product may beseparated into multiple grades by particle size which may include agrade of the at least a phytochemical bearing part, a seed grade, and/ora root grade.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, separating the at least aphytochemical bearing part of a plant product from one or more otherportions of the plant product may include further processing of the atleast a phytochemical bearing part through the use of an ablative device108. Further processing may include chopping, and/or grinding the atleast a phytochemical bearing part to a fine powder. Chopping mayinclude crushing and/or cutting the at least a phytochemical bearingpart to reduce the size of the at least a phytochemical bearing part. Inan embodiment, chopping may be performed by a machine such as forexample, a food processor. Grinding may include a cutting tool such as ablade, that may produce a very fine powder. For example, grinding mayinclude use of powder tools and/or machine tools. In an embodiment,grinding may be performed by a coffee grinder and/or blender. Forexample, at least a phytochemical bearing part of a plant product may beplaced in a coffee grinder wherein a blade and/or ablating element inthe coffee grinder may slice and tear the at least a phytochemicalbearing part of a plant product to produce a fine powder. A fine powdermay include fine particles of at least a phytochemical bearing part of aplant product that may be produced by grinding, crushing, and/orchopping the at least a phytochemical bearing part of a plant product. Afine powder may include very fine particles that may flow freely whenshaken or tilted.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, at optional step 515 decarboxylationmay be performed. Decarboxylation may include any of the methods and/orsteps of decarboxylation as described above in reference to step 505.Decarboxylation may occur to at least a phytochemical bearing part of aplant product that has been separated from one or more other portions ofthe plant product. Decarboxylation may be performed by heating the atleast a phytochemical bearing part to a target temperature for aspecific amount of time. Heating may be performed with the use of aheating element 112. For example, heating the at least a phytochemicalbearing part to a target temperature may be performed by placing the atleast a phytochemical bearing part in an oven, and/or on a heatingelement such as an electric stove or hot plate, as described in moredetail above. In an embodiment, heating at least a phytochemical bearingpart to the target temperature may be done in a vacuum oven. A vacuumoven may include a low-pressure oven that minimizes oxidation duringdrying. A vacuum oven may be programmed to reach the target temperature150° to, which may be any target temperature as described in thisdisclosure, including without limitation a target temperature of 80° to350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to 176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150°to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or the like. Heat may beapplied at a certain temperature and for a certain amount of time. In anembodiment, the at least a phytochemical bearing part may be heatedand/or maintained at a target temperature, which may be any targettemperature as described in this disclosure, including withoutlimitation a target temperature of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6°to 104.4° Celsius), or the like 150° to for 30-45 minutes. In anembodiment, decarboxylation may be optional, such as whendecarboxylation may be performed at a later time, such as at step 530.In yet another embodiment, decarboxylation may be optional; for example,and without limitation, synthesis of the at least a chemical extractcontaining and/or consisting of cannabidiol acid (CBDA) may not need tobe decarboxylated, either at step 505, step 515, and/or step 530. In yetanother non-limiting example, synthesis of the at least a chemicalextract including and/or consisting of Calendula officinalis may notrequire decarboxylation, either at step 505, step 515, and/or step 530.Decarboxylation may include any of the methods and/or steps as describedabove. In an embodiment, decarboxylation may be optional and/or notrequired as described above.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, at step 520 a carrier oil is heatedto a target temperature. As used herein, a carrier oil includes anynonpolar chemical substance that may be viscous at a specifictemperature. For example, a carrier oil may include olive oil which isliquid at ambient temperature. Ambient temperature may include roomtemperature, which may be around 70° Fahrenheit (21.1° Celsius). Acarrier oil may include coconut oil which is liquid at 76° Fahrenheit(24.4° Celsius). Carrier oil may include for example, olive oil, mediumchain triglyceride oil, palm oil, coco butter, Vitamin E oil, sunfloweroil, safflower oil, canola oil, hemp oil, apricot oil, and/or coconutoil. Carrier oil may be heated to a target temperature, which may be anytarget temperature as described in this disclosure, including withoutlimitation a target temperature of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6°to 104.4° Celsius), or the like. Ratio by weight and/or mass of carrieroil that may be heated to at least a phytochemical bearing part may bebetween 0.5:1 and up to 2:1; so that 0.5 parts of carrier oil may beused to 1 part of the at least a phytochemical bearing part of a plantproduct and 2:1, so that 2 parts of carrier oil to 1 part of the atleast a phytochemical bearing part of a plant product may be utilized.For example, 5 kilograms of the carrier oil may be heated to the targettemperature whereby 10 kilograms of the at least a phytochemical bearingpart of a plant product may have been separated from the plant productmay be added in a 0.5:1 ratio. In yet another non-limiting example, 10kilograms of the carrier oil may be heated to the target temperaturewhereby 5 kilograms of the at least a phytochemical bearing part of aplant product may have been separated from the plant product may beadded in a 2:1 ratio. The carrier oil may be heated to the targettemperature by a heating element 112, which may include any of theheating elements 112 as described in more detail above in reference toFIG. 1. For instance, and without limitation, heating element 112 mayinclude an electric heating appliance that generates heat, gas, oil,wood, coal, solar, and/or geothermal sources of heat. In an embodiment,heating element 112 may be programmed to attain a target temperature,which may be any target temperature as described in this disclosure,including without limitation a target temperature of 80° to 350°Fahrenheit (26.6° to 176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or the like. Heating element112 may include for example an electric stove which may include anintegrated electrical heating device that may contain at least a burner.Electric stove burners may be controlled by a rotary switch which mayengage in different combinations of resistance and which may have adifferent heating power. An electric stove may include a thermostat.Heating element 112 may include a hot plate, which may include one ormore electric heating elements or gas burners. In an embodiment, thecarrier oil may be heated to the target temperature by a press device116. A press device 116 may include a machine used to extract one ormore chemical extracts from one or more materials using pressure. Apress device 116 may include for example, an oil press device, a rosinpress device 4, and/or an auger type expeller extractor such as forexample, screw press device, for instance as described above inreference to FIGS. 2-4. In an embodiment, the carrier oil may be heatedby an oil press device such as oil press device 200 as described abovein reference to FIG. 2. In an embodiment, carrier oil may be added tooil press device 200 at 204. The carrier oil may then be heated inbarrel 208 by at least a heating element 112 contained within barrel208. In an embodiment, barrel 208 may be long and cylindrical in shapeto allow the carrier oil to be evenly dispersed within barrel 208 andallow the carrier oil to be evenly heated. Control panel 212 may allow auser to program the oil press device 200 to attain a target temperature,which may be any target temperature as described in this disclosure,including without limitation a target temperature of 80° to 350°Fahrenheit (26.6° to 176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or the like, for example, andfor a set duration of time. For example, oil press device 200 may beprogrammed to the target temperature and for the duration that thecarrier oil is processed through oil press device 200. In an embodiment,the carrier oil may be heated by a rosin press device 400, such as theone depicted in FIG. 4. In an embodiment, the carrier oil may be placedon plates 404 which may contain heating element 112. In an embodiment,the carrier oil may be spread out on plates 404 to allow the carrier oilto be evenly dispersed on plates 404 and allow the carrier oil to beevenly heated. Control panel 408 may allow a user to program the rosinpress device 400 to attain the target temperature, which may be anytarget temperature as described in this disclosure, including withoutlimitation a target temperature of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6°to 104.4° Celsius), or the like, and for a set duration of time. In yetanother non-limiting example, the carrier oil may be heated by pressdevice 116 such as screw press device 120. In an embodiment, heatingcarrier oil to a target temperature, which may be any target temperatureas described in this disclosure, including without limitation a targettemperature of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to 176.6° Celsius), atarget temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius),or the like may include heating carrier oil above the targettemperature. For example, carrier oil may be heated above targettemperature to a temperature that takes into account the displacement oftemperature when at least a phytochemical bearing part of a plantproduct may be added, so that upon addition of at least a phytochemicalbearing part of a plant product to carrier oil target temperature isachieved.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, at step 525 the at least aphytochemical bearing part and the carrier oil are mixed at the targettemperature. Mixing may include combining or putting together the atleast a phytochemical bearing part and the carrier oil to form onesubstance. In an embodiment, mixing may be performed by adding the atleast a phytochemical bearing part to the carrier oil while maintaininga target temperature and/or target temperature range. In an embodiment,the target temperature range may be 80° Fahrenheit to 350° Fahrenheit, atarget temperature range of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4°Celsius), 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or anyother suitable target temperature range for any purposes as describedabove. In an embodiment, this may involve reheating carrier oil and atleast a phytochemical bearing part back to the target temperature afterthe at least a phytochemical bearing part has been added to the carrieroil. At least a phytochemical bearing part may be added to carrier oilin press device 116. At least a phytochemical bearing part and carrieroil may then be maintained at a target temperature by press device 116.In an embodiment, at least a phytochemical bearing part and carrier oilmay be mixed outside of press device 116, such as for example in acontainer over a heating element 112. For example, at least aphytochemical bearing part and carrier oil may be heated over a heatingelement 112 such as an electric stove in a container, which may includea container within press device 116, a glass container over or attachedto a heating element, and/or any other suitable container and at least aphytochemical bearing part may be added to the container. In anembodiment, mixing at least a phytochemical bearing part and the carrieroil at the target temperature may be performed before carrier oil isheated to a target temperature. For example, carrier oil and at least aphytochemical bearing part may be mixed and then heated to a targettemperature range, which may be any target temperature range asdescribed in this disclosure, including without limitation a targettemperature range of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to 176.6° Celsius), atarget temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius),or the like, together. As a further non-limiting example, at least aphytochemical bearing part and carrier oil may be heated over or at aheating element 112 such as an electric stove in a container, and atleast a phytochemical bearing part may be added to the glass container;a magnetic stirrer may then be added to container to assist inincorporating the at least a phytochemical bearing part into carrieroil. In an embodiment, at least a phytochemical bearing part and carrieroil may be heated using a heating element 112 such as an ultrasonicbath. At least a phytochemical bearing part and carrier oil may bemixed, before, during, and/or after heating, in container whilemaintaining a target temperature. Mixing may also include stirring theat least a phytochemical bearing part and the carrier oil. Stirring maybe performed manually or stirring may be performed automatically such asfor example with the use of a magnetic stirrer. A magnetic stirrer mayinclude a device that employs a rotating magnetic field to cause a stirbar immersed in the carrier oil to spin, thus stirring it. Mixing mayalso be performed by press device 116 when at least a phytochemicalbearing part is added to carrier oil in the press device 116. In anembodiment, press device 116 may contain a mixing button that may allowfor continuous mixing to incorporate at least a phytochemical bearingpart into carrier oil. In an embodiment, a target temperature may bemaintained by placing a thermometer in at least a phytochemical bearingpart and carrier oil mixture to see if a target temperature has beenreached and maintained at different stages in the mixing process. In anembodiment, this may be done automatically when mixing occurs in pressdevice 116 for example, which may include a temperature gauge of itsown.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, after at least a phytochemicalbearing part and carrier oil have been mixed, the resulting product maybe decarboxylated at optional step 530. Decarboxylation may includeremoval of a carboxyl group (COOH) and release of carbon dioxide (CO₂)as described in more detail above. In an embodiment, at least aphytochemical bearing part may be heated at a temperature, which may beany target temperature as described in this disclosure, includingwithout limitation a target temperature of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6°to 176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit(65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or the like, for 30-45 minutes. In anembodiment, decarboxylation after mixing may be optional, such as whendecarboxylation may have been performed earlier, either at step 505and/or at step 515. In yet another embodiment, decarboxylation may notbe performed. For example, synthesis of the at least a chemical extractincluding and/or consisting of cannabidiol acid (CBDA) may not need tobe decarboxylated, either at step 505, step 515, and/or at step 530. Inyet another non-limiting example, synthesis of the at least a chemicalextract including and/or consisting of Calendula officinalis may notrequire decarboxylation, either at step 505, step 515, and/or at step530.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, at step 535, at least aphytochemical bearing part and carrier oil are passed through a pressdevice 116 to produce an oil mixture while the press device 116maintains the target temperature. A press device 116 may include anypress device 116 as introduced above, including without limitation amachine used to extract one or more chemical extracts from one or morematerials as described above in more detail in FIG. 1. At least aphytochemical bearing part and carrier oil may enter the press device116 on one side and the resulting oil mixture may exit from the otherend. In an embodiment, the resulting oil mixture may exit and becollected as in FIG. 2 at an output collection container 216. Wasteproducts such as accumulated solids that do not end up in a resultingoil mixture may be collected separately. At least a phytochemicalbearing part and carrier oil may be passed through the press device 116continuously at a constant rate. In an embodiment, at least aphytochemical bearing part and carrier oil may be added to press device116 at a continuous rate such as for example, at a rate of 5 pounds ofthe at least a phytochemical bearing part and the carrier oil per hour.A user may continuously feed at least a phytochemical bearing part andcarrier oil into press device 116 at opening 204 as depicted in FIG. 2for example. In yet another example, a user may place at least aphytochemical bearing part and the carrier oil onto a rosin press device400 at plates 404 for example. Passing at least a phytochemical bearingpart and carrier oil through press device 116 may include programmingthe press device 116 to the target temperature and to the desired rate.For example, a rosin press device 400 may include a software componentthat allows for a user to program the rosin press device 400 to maintainthe target temperature as well as the rate of passing at least aphytochemical bearing part and carrier oil through the press device 116.In an embodiment, press device 116 and at least a phytochemical bearingpart and carrier oil are maintained at the target temperature for theduration processing through the press device 116. This may enable atleast a phytochemical bearing part and carrier oil to be maintained attarget temperature and to not be cooled down during the entireprocessing through the press device 116. As at least a phytochemicalbearing part and carrier oil are passed through the press device 116, aresulting oil mixture may seep through small openings that may not allowsolids to pass through; the resulting oil mixture may be collected atone end of the press device 116 and the solids that did not pass throughto form the resulting oil mixture may be removed from the press device116 at another collection point. In an embodiment, a press device 116such as an oil press device 200 may use friction and continuous pressurefrom screw drives while maintaining the target temperature to move andseparate the resulting oil mixture from the solids that do not passthrough openings. In an embodiment, pressure involved in processing anoil press device 200 may generate heat necessary to maintain the targettemperature through the entire press device 116 process. In anembodiment, temperature may be continuously monitored and adjusted toensure target temperature is maintained for the entire time that a pressdevice 116 is operating and/or at least a phytochemical bearing part andcarrier oil are passed through the press device 116. In an embodiment, auser who may be overseeing the process may stop and/or halt the pressdevice 116 if the target temperature is not achieved and/or maintained.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, at step 540 at least a chemicalextract is extracted from oil mixture. Extraction may include aseparation process consisting of separating a chemical extract from oilmixture. For example, a chemical extract may be collected from an output216 of an oil press device 200 and leftover material such as dissolvedsolutes may be discarded. A chemical extract may include a compound thathas been purified from a plant product. A chemical extract may includefor example, a cannabinoid. A cannabinoid may include a chemicalcompound that acts on cannabinoid receptors in organisms such as humanbeings and/or animals. A cannabinoid may include phytocannabinoids,endocannabinoids, and synthetic cannabinoids. Phytocannabinoids mayinclude any of the more than 100 compounds found in plants, such as theplant Cannabis Sativa. Phytocannabinoids may occur in several otherplant species in addition to Cannabis Sativa, which may includeEchinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia, Acmella oleracea,Helichrysum umbraculigerum, and/or Radula marginata. Phytocannabinoidsmay include cannabidiol (CBD), cannabidiol acid (CBDA), cannabidivarin(CBV), cannabigerol (CBG), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),tetrahydrocannabinolic acid a (THCA), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV),cannabinol (CBN), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabicyclol (CBL),cannabivarin (CBV), cannabichromevarin (CBCV), cannabigerovarin (CBGV),cannabigerol monomethyl ether (CBGM), cannabielsoin (CBE), Delta-8 THC,Delta-9 THC, and/or Delta-9 THCA and/or cannabicitran (CBT).Endocannabinoids may include cannabinoids produced naturally in the bodyof organisms. Endocannabinoids may include endogenous lipid basedretrograde neurotransmitters that may bind to cannabinoid receptors.Cannabinoid receptors may be located in the central nervous system andperipheral nervous system of mammals, for example. Cannabinoid receptorsinclude both Cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) and Cannabinoid receptortype 2 (CB2) type receptors, located within the central nervous system,peripheral nervous system, reproductive organism, skin, immune system,spleen, brain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and digestive tract.Endocannabinoids include anandamide (AEA), 2-arachidonoylglycerol(2-AG), virodhamine, N-arachidonoyl dopamine (NADA),lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) and noladin ether (2-arachidonyl glycerylether). Synthetic cannabinoids may be similar in structure tophytocannabinoids and/or endocannabinoids but may be synthesized insteadof being naturally occurring such as in plants and/or in the humanbeings or animals. Synthetic cannabinoids may include for example,nonclassical cannabinoids such as cannabimimetics which may include theaminoalkylindoles, 1,5-diarylpyrazoles, quinolines, and arylsulfonamidesas well as eicosanoids. At least a chemical extract may include acannabinoid including phytocannabinoids, endocannabinoids, and syntheticcannabinoids. At least a chemical extract may include any of theprecursors, metabolites, intermediates, degradations and/or chemicalsnecessary to produce and or synthesize any cannabinoids. For example, atleast a chemical extract may include CBN, which is the primary productof THC degradation. In yet another non-limiting example, at least achemical extract may include CBGA, which may be independently convertedto either CBG, THCA, CBDA, and/or CBCA. At least a chemical extract mayinclude Calendula officinalis. At least a chemical extract may includeterpenes. Terpenes may include aromatic metabolites found in the oils ofplants. Terpenes may include for example, alpha-pinene, beta-pinene,delta-3 carene, sabinene, limonene, terpinolene, sesquiterpenes,longifolene, caryophyllene, delta-cadinene, myrcene, humulene, linalool,caryophyllene, terpinolene, and/or resin acids. At least a chemicalextract may include chemical extracts from leaves such as mint andbasil; rhizomes such as turmeric and ginger; and roots such asAshwagandha and Echinacea.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, extracting may include adding oilmixture to a centrifuge 124. A centrifuge 124 may include machineryand/or equipment that may put a substance such as the oil mixture inrotation around a fixed axis causing it to spin in a circle whileapplying a force perpendicular to the axis of spin. A centrifuge maywork using sedimentation principles whereby the circular outwardrotation of the centrifuge 124 causes denser substances and particles tomove outward in a radial direction. Substances that are less dense maybe displaced and move to the center. For example, a centrifuge 124 thatuses test tubes to load a substance to be spun, may have denserparticles settle to the bottom of the test tube while low-densitysubstances may rise to the top. A centrifuge 124 may be characterizedbased on the speed in which a centrifuge may operate to be able toseparate different particles. For example, a centrifuge with a very highacceleration may be able to separate fine particles down to thenano-scale. Acceleration speed may be measured as revolutions perminute, which may reflect how many times a centrifuge rotates in anygiven minute. In an embodiment, a centrifuge 124 may be utilized for acertain amount of time. For example, oil mixture may be added to acentrifuge and spun for twenty minutes. A centrifuge 124 may be used toclarify oil mixture that is produced from the press device 116.Clarification may include removing wax and free-floating pieces that maybe found in oil mixture. Wax may include material from plant productthat may be bound to resin of the plant product. Resin may include asolid or highly viscous substance of plant. As further disclosed above,plant resin may include terpenes, such as for example alpha-pinene,beta-pinene, delta-3 carene, sabinene, limonene, terpinolene,sesquiterpenes, longifolene, caryophyllene, delta-cadinene, and/or resinacids. In an embodiment, oil mixture may be added to a test tube in thecentrifuge to clarify the oil mixture, and after being spun for a setperiod of time, the result may be that denser wax substances and leftover plant resin may be present at the bottom of the test tube and theless dense oil mixture may be located at the top of the test tube. In anembodiment, centrifuge 124 may be maintained at the target temperature;for instance, and without limitation, the centrifuge 124 may contain atemperature control that may allow a user to program the temperaturethat the centrifuge maintain while the oil mixture is spun. For example,a user may program a centrifuge 124 to maintain a target temperature,which may be any target temperature as described in this disclosure,including without limitation a target temperature of 80° to 350°Fahrenheit (26.6° to 176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or the like.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, extracting may include evaporatingoil mixture. Evaporating oil mixture may include vaporizing one or morecomponents the oil mixture as the one or more components change into thegas phase when the one or more components reach a boiling point.Evaporating may be performed using an evaporation device 128. Anevaporation device 128 may include any of the equipment and/or devicesas described above in more detail in FIG. 1. As a non-limiting example,evaporating may include boiling off any water remaining in oil mixtureto produce an oil mixture that has been evaporated of water. Evaporatingoil mixture may be performed by placing the oil mixture in a container,and heating the container containing the oil mixture to its boilingpoint. This may be done for example, by placing the container on aheating element 112 such as an electric stove and/or a hot plate asdescribed in more detail above. A thermometer may be used to measure atemperature of oil mixture to ensure that is reaches its boiling pointand begins to vaporize. Temperature may be adjusted by a user asnecessary. A resulting oil mixture that may be left after evaporatingmay include at least a chemical compound which may include terpenes.Terpenes may include any of the substances as described above in moredetail. Evaporating oil mixture to produce at least a chemical extractsuch as a terpene may be a non-solvent based terpene extraction. Atleast a chemical extract such as a terpene may be produced throughevaporation and without the addition of any solvents to the oil mixture.As the oil mixture is heated, the lighter oils which may include certainclasses of terpenes may be drawn out of the oil mixture and float on thesurface to be easily collected. In an embodiment, evaporating may bedone in conjunction with centrifugation. For example, oil mixture may becentrifuged followed by evaporating. In yet another non-limitingexample, oil mixture may be evaporated followed by adding the oilmixture to a centrifuge. In yet another non-limiting example, oilmixture may only be centrifuged, the oil mixture may only be evaporated,and/or the oil mixture may be neither evaporated nor centrifuged.

With continued reference to FIG. 5, terpene extraction may include asolvent based extraction. In an embodiment, a solvent may be added tooil mixture to produce at least a chemical extract that containsterpenes. Terpenes may include any terpenes as described in more detailabove. A solvent may include a compound that dissolves a solute. Asolvent may include for example, butane, propane, butane hash, liveresin, alcohol, and/or carbon dioxide (CO₂). In an embodiment, a solventmay be added to oil mixture to draw out terpenes from the oil mixture.For example, ethanol may be added to oil mixture, wherein ethanol hasboth polar and nonpolar ends which allows the ethanol to bond with awide variety of molecules. Ethanol may bond with terpenes and allow theterpenes to be extracted. In an embodiment, oil mixture that may have asolvent added may be subject to centrifugation and/or evaporation. Inyet another non-limiting example, oil mixture that may have a solventadded may not be subject to centrifugation and/or evaporation.

Referring now to FIG. 6, a table of at least a chemical extract isillustrated. At least a chemical extract may include a cannabinoid. Acannabinoid may include for example, a chemical extract such as CBDA,CBGA, CBD, CBG, CBN, Delta-8 THC, Delta-9 THC, and/or Delta-9 THCA asillustrated in FIG. 6.

Embodiments of the disclosed method may have several advantages overother methods of extraction; in an embodiment, methods disclosed hereinallow for extraction of at least a chemical extract from a plant productwithout the use of many solvents and/or other chemicals that need to beadded. In an embodiment, no chemical solvents may be needed, with theunexpected benefit that heat alone may be used to extract at least achemical extract. In yet another embodiment, many chemical solvents maynot be needed to extract at least a chemical extract from a plantproduct, as contrasted with previously existent methods. In anembodiment, decarboxylation of plant products may not need to occur atall. In an embodiment, decarboxylation of plant products may beoptional. In an embodiment, maintaining and applying constant heatduring the extraction process may be all that is necessary to extract atleast a chemical extract from a plant product. Methods disclosed hereinmay use inexpensive equipment that may be commonly found and available.In addition, embodiments of methods may allow for many steps to beperformed at once by heating and/or mixing in a press device; this mayallow for time to be saved and reduce the amount of equipment that maybe necessary to perform the method.

Referring now to FIG. 7, an exemplary embodiment of a method ofextracting one or more chemical extracts from a plant product isillustrated. At step 705, a first mixture of at least a firstphytochemical bearing part and a carrier oil at a target temperature isformed. Target temperature may include, without limitation, any targettemperature as described in this disclosure. For instance, targettemperature may include a temperature at which a carrier oil, solvent,and/or emulsifier is liquid; for instance, where carrier oil isfractionated coconut oil, target temperature may be a temperature above76° Fahrenheit (26° Celsius), which is the melting point of fractionatedcoconut oil, whereas if carrier oil is cocoa butter, target temperaturemay be 93.2° Fahrenheit (34° Celsius). Target temperature may be atemperature that reduces a carrier oil, solvent and/or emulsifier to agiven level of viscosity. Target temperature may be a temperature thatincreases a rate and/or percentage of extraction of a phytochemical froma phytochemical-bearing plant part, such as without limitation atemperature at which 80% of phytochemicals are extracted in 30-40minutes, a temperature at which 95% of phytochemicals are extracted in30-40 minutes or the like. Target temperature may be an ambienttemperature, such as “room temperature” at a location where methods asdescribed herein are being performed; alternatively or additionallytarget temperature may be a temperature arrived at by action of a pressdevice as described in this disclosure, such as without limitationincreases in temperature caused by increased pressure and/or by frictionwhen plant parts, oils, solvents, emulsifiers, mixtures, and/or oilmixtures as described in this disclosure are subjected to any mechanicalprocess and/or process steps as described in this disclosure. Targettemperature may fall into one or more ranges, including withoutlimitation a target temperature range of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6°to 176.6° Celsius), a target temperature range of 150° to 220°Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or the like.

Still referring to FIG. 7, formation of first mixture may be implementedin any manner described above in reference to FIGS. 1-6. For instance,and without limitation, producing first mixture may include separatingat least a phytochemical bearing part of a plant product from one ormore other portions of the plant product, which may be performed asdescribed above in reference to FIGS. 1-6, including without limitationseparating using a sieve, grinding the at least a phytochemical bearingpart to a coarse consistency, or the like. At least a phytochemicalbearing plant material may be fractionally distilled to remove one ormore chemicals that are not desired in the extract; for instance,fractional distillation may remove terpenes and/or THC from a plant partcontaining such chemicals. Fractional distillation, as used herein, is aprocess whereby a substance is wholly or partially evaporated, producingvaporized versions of one or more chemical elements; the vaporizedversion may condense at different temperatures, which may permitdeposition of such condensates in different locations and/or containers.For instance, and without limitation, vapor may be allowed to travelalong a path in which the vapor is gradually cooled, with openings,funnels, or the like to accept condensate located along the path; wherea first chemical of a mixture of vaporized chemicals has a highercondensation temperature than a second chemical of the mixture, thefirst chemical may tend to condense at a first opening earlier in thepath, and the second chemical may condense at a second opening fartheralong the path, where the second opening is at a point at a lowertemperature than the first opening, with the result that first andsecond containers at the first and second openings, respectively, willtend to receive condensates of the first and second chemicals,respectively. In an embodiment, fractional distillation of at least aphytochemical bearing plant part, and/or other evaporation-basedprocesses, may be used to separate terpenes, THC, and or other chemicalsdesired to be removed into a separate container from a remainder ofplant material, and/or exhausting such chemicals out through a vent,hood or the like. In an embodiment, method 700 may include performingsuch fractional distillation and/or evaporation away of chemicals to beexcluded from a remainder of extraction steps; alternatively oradditionally, fractionally distilled phytochemical bearing parts may bereceived from a third party, for instance in the form of fractionallydistilled hemp flower.

With continued reference to FIG. 7, producing the first mixture mayinclude heating the first mixture to the target temperature; this may beimplemented, without limitation, as described above for heating carrieroil to a target temperature. For instance, and without limitation,heating the first mixture to the target temperature may be performed bya heating element 112 located within the press device 116, which may beimplemented without limitation as described above in reference to FIGS.1-6. Heating the first mixture may include heating the first mixture toa temperature, which may include without limitation any targettemperature as described in this disclosure, including withoutlimitation a target temperature of 80° to 350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150° to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6°to 104.4° Celsius), or the like, for instance as described above forheating carrier oil in reference to FIGS. 1-6. In an embodiment, wherefirst mixture is formed by adding phytochemical bearing parts to carrieroil as described above, carrier oil may be heated up to targettemperature first; alternatively or additionally, phytochemical bearingpart may be added to carrier oil prior to heating up first mixture.

Still referring to FIG. 7, carrier oil may include any oil suitable forpurposes described in this disclosure, including without limitation anycarrier oil as disclosed above in reference to FIGS. 1-6. In anembodiment, carrier oil may include an oil that is liquid at atemperature, which may be any target temperature as described in thisdisclosure, including without limitation a target temperature of 80° to350° Fahrenheit (26.6° to 176.6° Celsius), a target temperature of 150°to 220° Fahrenheit (65.6° to 104.4° Celsius), or the like. Carrier oilmay be received and/or produced in any manner suitable for methodembodiments disclosed above in reference to FIGS. 1-6. Alternatively oradditionally, producing the first mixture may include mixing at least aphytochemical bearing part of plant product with an oil-bearing plantproduct. Oil-bearing plant product may include, without limitation atleast an oil-bearing seed, such as without limitation a sunflower seed,a nut, a cocoa bean, a coconut, rapeseed, apricot seeds, hemp seeds, orthe like; seeds may be crushed, milled, and/or cut to aid in oilextraction. Oil-bearing plant product may include, without limitation atleast an oil-bearing meal, such as without limitation a meal produced bygrinding oil-bearing seeds or other oil-bearing plant parts. Oil-bearingplant product may include, without limitation at least an oil-bearingpulp, such as mesocarp reddish pulp of oil palm fruit, such as fruit ofElaeis guineensis, Elaeis oleifera, and/or Attalea maripa. Alternativelyor additionally, in embodiments substituting a solvent and/or emulsifierfor a carrier oil, a solvent bearing plant meal, seed, and/or element,and/or an emulsifier bearing plant meal, seed, and/or element such aswithout limitation Quillaja bark.

At step 710, and still referring to FIG. 7, at least a firstphytochemical bearing part and carrier oil are passed through a pressdevice 116 to produce a first oil mixture and a solid residue, while thepress device 116 maintains the target temperature; this may beimplemented, without limitation, as described above in reference toFIGS. 1-6. For instance, and without limitation, press device 116 mayinclude an oil press device 116. Press device 116 may include a rosinpress device 116.

At step 715, and with continued reference to FIG. 7, a second mixture ofthe oil mixture and the solid residue is produced at a targettemperature; target temperature may be the same target temperature as instep 705 and/or a different target temperature from the targettemperature in step 705. Second mixture may be formed, withoutlimitation, by recovering solid residue from press device 116 and/orfilter elements thereof and mixing the solid residue with oil mixture.Oil mixture may be heated to target temperature prior to addition ofsolid residue in any manner suitable for carrier oil as described above;alternatively or additionally, oil mixture and solid residue may becombine prior to and/or during heating to target temperature. Additionalphytochemical bearing parts may be added to second mixture; additionalphytochemical bearing parts may be of a same type as first phytochemicalbearing parts and/or may be of a different type, permitting extractionof compounded and/or combined chemicals, extraction of a first chemicalthat reacts with a second chemical for a final product, or the like. Inan alternative embodiment, additional phytochemical bearing parts may beadded to first oil mixture without solid residues.

At step 720, and still referring to FIG. 7, second mixture is passedthrough press device 116 to produce a second oil mixture, while thepress device 116 maintains the target temperature; this may beimplemented, without limitation, in any manner suitable for passingfirst mixture through press device 116. Press device 116 used in thisstep may be the same press device 116, and/or the same type of pressdevice 116, as a press device 116 used in step 710 as described above;alternatively, press device 116 used in this step may be the a differentpress device 116, and/or a different type of press device 116, as apress device 116 used in step 710 as described above. Steps 715 and 720may be performed a single time and/or iteratively; iterative performancemay include, without limitation, testing second oil mixture after eachperformance of steps 715 and 720, determination of a concentrationand/or quantity of one or more chemicals in oil, and/or determinationwhether such concentration and/or quantity of chemicals meets a goalconcentration and/or quantity. Steps 715 and 720 may be reiterated, withone or more variations as described above, where concentration and/orquantity of chemicals does not meet a goal concentration and/orquantity, followed by further testing, determination, and/or reiterationof steps 715 and 720.

At step 725, and with continued reference to FIG. 7, at least a chemicalextract is extracted from second oil mixture; this may be implemented,without limitation, as described above in reference to FIGS. 1-6. Forinstance, and without limitation, extracting may include adding the oilmixture to a centrifuge; the centrifuge may be maintained at the targettemperature. As a further non-limiting example, extracting may includeevaporating the oil mixture. In an embodiment, where carrier oil has alower boiling point than chemical extract and/or chemical extract is aprecipitate, evaporation may leave behind chemical extract as a residue.Alternatively or additionally, chemical extract may be isolated and/orconcentrated from second oil mixture by distillation; distillation mayinclude any distillation process as described above, including withoutlimitation fractional distillation. More than one chemical may beextracted separately, for instance using fractional distillation, ortogether.

Still referring to FIG. 7, chemical extract may include any chemicalextract as described above in reference to FIGS. 1-6, including withoutlimitation a cannabinoid, Calendula oil, terpene, or the like. Method700 may include extraction of multiple chemical extracts, for instancevia distillation, fractional distillation, precipitation, and/or anycombination of extraction methods; for instance, and without limitation,oil mixture may be passed through a centrifuge to remove solids, andsubsequently fractionally distilled to isolate and/or concentrate one ormore chemical extracts, as well as a volume of carrier oil. In anembodiment, carrier oil separated from extracts via extraction processesmay be reused in a subsequent implementation of an embodiment of anymethod involving carrier oil as described in this disclosure.

With continued reference to FIG. 7, one or more additional steps may beperformed and/or introduced at stages of method 700. For instance, andwithout limitation, a decarboxylation step may be performed onsubstances being processed according to method 700 at and/or between anystep in method 700; non-limiting examples may include decarboxylating atleast a plant product, decarboxylating at least a phytochemical bearingpart of the plant product, decarboxylating the at least a phytochemicalbearing part of the plant product and the carrier oil, decarboxylatingat least an oil-bearing plant product, decarboxylating first oilmixture, second oil mixture, and/or solid residue, decarboxylating oneor more additional plant products and/or other elements introduced intosecond mixture, decarboxylating second mixture, or the like.

Still referring to FIG. 7, any method described in this application mayinclude introduction of one or more substances that act to filter,absorb, adsorb, and/or remove elements in solution and/or suspension inmixtures, oil mixtures, or the like. Such substances may includesubstances that bind to an element and remove it through precipitation.Substances may, as a further example, include adsorbent materials suchas without limitation activated carbon, bentonite clay, or the like,which may adsorb one or more elements such as without limitationpigments to remove them from a mixture, oil mixture, or other stage, bycausing such materials to stick to or adhere to a surface of theadsorbent material, in embodiments of methods as described in thisdisclosure.

With continued reference to FIG. 7, it is noted that any combination ofmethod steps, ingredients, system components, and/or elements asdescribed in this disclosure that may be performed and/or combined iscontemplated as within the scope of this disclosure, including anymethod as described in this disclosure in which one or more steps arerepeated, omitted, replaced with one or more steps from an alternativeembodiment, or otherwise altered or substituted in any manner that mayoccur to a persons skilled in the art upon reviewing the entirety ofthis disclosure. For instance, and without limitation, any method and/ormethod step as disclosed herein may be performed without heating carrieroil, mixtures of plant parts and carrier oil, oil mixtures, or the liketo a target temperature and/or maintaining carrier oil, mixtures ofplant parts and carrier oil, oil mixtures, or the like at a targettemperature; as a non-limiting example, carrier oil and/or oil-bearingplant parts may be mixed with phytochemical bearing plant parts andsubjected to pressure using a press device 116, without use of a heatingapparatus and/or heat source for heating carrier oil, oil-bearing plantparts, phytochemical bearing plant parts, mixtures thereof, oilmixtures, or the like, such that variations in temperature may solelyinclude variations introduced by pressure, friction, or the like inpress device 116 and/or other devices and/or processes.

As a further non-limiting example and continuing to refer to FIG. 7,another substance may be substituted for carrier oil in any embodimentof any method and/or method step as described in this disclosure; forexample, a solvent may be used instead of carrier oil. A solvent as usedherein may include a substance that dissolves a chemical, known as asolute, combined substance, known as a solution, having a single phasein which the solvent and solute form complexes, in contrast tonon-solution mixtures and/or suspensions wherein the compounds areinsoluble, such that a residue remains. Compounds in a solution may beuniformly distributed at a molecular level. A compound may be defined asa non-solvent in relation to another compound that cannot dissolve intoit. As a non-limiting example, solvent may include an alcohol such asethanol. Alternatively or additionally, an emulsifier, such as withoutlimitation Quillaja extract, may be used in place of a carrier oiland/or a solvent; as used herein, an emulsifier may include anysubstance that increases kinetic stability of an emulsion of twoordinarily immiscible materials.

Still referring to FIG. 7, as a further non-limiting example, avariation on methods as described in this disclosure may includecombination of oil mixture as produced in any of the above steps withfresh phytochemical bearing plant material, which may be of any kinddescribed in this disclosure, for instance to produce a subsequent oilmixture, according to any variation of any method step as describedherein, that has a higher concentration of a give chemical to beextracted as a chemical extract. Fresh material may alternatively oradditionally include different chemicals than a first or previous batchof phytochemical bearing plant material, allowing for reactions betweenand/or mixture of chemicals to produce useful products.

The foregoing has been a detailed description of illustrativeembodiments of the invention. Various modifications and additions can bemade without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.Features of each of the various embodiments described above may becombined with features of other described embodiments as appropriate inorder to provide a multiplicity of feature combinations in associatednew embodiments. Furthermore, while the foregoing describes a number ofseparate embodiments, what has been described herein is merelyillustrative of the application of the principles of the presentinvention. Additionally, although particular methods herein may beillustrated and/or described as being performed in a specific order, theordering is highly variable within ordinary skill to achieve methodsaccording to the present disclosure. Accordingly, this description ismeant to be taken only by way of example, and not to otherwise limit thescope of this invention.

Exemplary embodiments have been disclosed above and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings. It will be understood by those skilled in the artthat various changes, omissions and additions may be made to that whichis specifically disclosed herein without departing from the spirit andscope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of extracting one or more chemicalextracts from a plant product, the method comprising: passing at least afirst phytochemical-bearing part of a phytochemical plant productthrough an ablative device; mixing the at least a firstphytochemical-bearing part of the phytochemical plant product with anoil-bearing plant product; producing an oil mixture from the at least afirst phytochemical-bearing part of the phytochemical plant product andthe oil-bearing plant product using a press device; and extracting atleast a chemical extract from the oil mixture.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein the oil-bearing plant product comprises at least an oil-bearingseed.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the oil-bearing plant productfurther comprises at least an oil-bearing meal.
 4. The method of claim1, wherein the press device further comprises an oil press device. 5.The method of claim 1, wherein the press device further comprises arosin press device.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein producing the oilmixture further comprises applying pressure to the at least aphytochemical-bearing part and the oil-bearing plant product.
 7. Themethod of claim 1, wherein producing the oil mixture further comprisesheating the at least a phytochemical-bearing part and the oil-bearingplant product.
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein heating the at least aphytochemical-bearing part and the oil-bearing plant product furthercomprises heating the at least a phytochemical-bearing part and theoil-bearing plant product prior to insertion in the press device.
 9. Themethod of claim 7, wherein heating the at least a phytochemical-bearingpart and the oil-bearing plant product further comprises heating the atleast a phytochemical-bearing part and the oil-bearing plant productafter insertion in the press device.
 10. The method of claim 7, whereinheating the at least a phytochemical-bearing part and the oil-bearingplant product further comprises heating the at least aphytochemical-bearing part and the oil-bearing plant product to a targettemperature.
 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the target temperaturefurther comprises a temperature between 80° Fahrenheit and 350°Fahrenheit.
 12. The method of claim 1 further comprising maintaining theat least a phytochemical-bearing part and the oil-bearing plant productat a target temperature while in the press device.
 13. The method ofclaim 1, wherein producing the first mixture further comprisesseparating at least a phytochemical bearing part from one or more otherportions of the phytochemical plant product.
 14. The method of claim 13,wherein separating further comprises separating using a sieve.
 15. Themethod of claim 13, wherein separating further comprises grinding the atleast a phytochemical bearing part to a coarse consistency.
 16. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the phytochemical bearing part isfractionally distilled.
 17. The method of claim 1, wherein producing thefirst mixture further comprises fractionally distilling thephytochemical bearing part.
 18. The method of claim 1, whereinextracting further comprises adding the oil mixture to a centrifuge. 19.The method of claim 18, wherein the centrifuge is maintained at a targettemperature.
 20. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting furthercomprises evaporating the oil mixture.
 21. The method of claim 1,wherein passing the at least a phytochemical-bearing part of aphytochemical plant product through an ablative device comprisesphysically separating the at least a first phytochemical-bearing part ofthe phytochemical plant product from at least a portion of thephytochemical plant.